See photos of NASA's suitcase-sized rovers that will soon map the moon's surface (www.livescience.com)
from throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to astronomy@mander.xyz on 02 Apr 2024 01:25
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LimpRimble@lemmy.ca on 02 Apr 2024 02:25 collapse

Did I miss something? I couldn’t see where they said “will soon” and what that means.

Muscar@discuss.online on 02 Apr 2024 02:47 collapse

“In early March, NASA announced that construction and testing of the three CADRE rovers was complete and the trio was ready for integration with Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander, which will deliver the mini explorers to the lunar surface later this year or early next year as part of the company’s third lunar lander mission, IM-3.”

At the end of the article. And here’s the website for the project with more info: www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/cadre

LimpRimble@lemmy.ca on 02 Apr 2024 03:37 collapse

Perfect, thanks.